Episode notes
Awakened to Deliver – Exposing the Darkness Behind Halloween, Day 2: Fear and Fire: From Samhain to the Modern Bonfire
Key Verse: 2 Timothy 1:7 — “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and discipline.”
Episode Highlights
• The Celts built massive bonfires during Samhain to appease pagan gods and ward off spirits — a ritual rooted in fear, not faith.
• God’s fire throughout Scripture is holy — it purifies, empowers, and reveals His presence (Ex. 3:2, Lev. 9:24, Acts 2:3).
• The enemy always counterfeits God’s fire, turning it into a tool of superstition and fear.
• Elijah’s contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18) shows the difference between false fire and holy fire — one feeds fear, the other fuels faith.
• Perfect lo ...